"It all depends on the jackpot," Mark Cowlin Jr., a store manager, said. "If the jackpot goes up, they come in for it."

Cowlin said the store was busy around lunchtime and he expected it would be swamped around 4 p.m.

Carl Ciccarelli, owner of Cameron's News which is located inside the Chase Bank building at 110 W. Fayette St., said ticket sales for Mega Millions were slow Tuesday morning, but that he expected it to pick up in the afternoon.

Ciccarelli said most of his customers are white-collar workers who either buy tickets for office pools or grab a couple tickets on the way home.

"Most people are spending at least a buck or two," he said.

If a single player matches all six numbers, the winner would have the option of taking a $224 million cash prize.

Ciccarelli has run his store in the Chase Bank building for 19 years. He said that even just a few years ago a $100 million lottery jackpot would create lines of customers in his store the day of the drawing.

"You'd see a $100 million jackpot and people would go crazy to buy tickets," he said.

Mega Millions changed its rules in October to help increase jackpots by lowering the odds of winning the top prize. The game is played in 43 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Though he still expected to do a brisk business Tuesday selling Mega Millions tickets, Ciccarelli said the constant soaring jackpots seemed to have desensitized players.